A: good summary of the end of Siegfried: "Also in the third act, Siegfried finds Brünnhilde where Wotan had sentenced her to an enchanted slumber, on the top of a mountain surrounded by fire. There was real fire on stage. Built in to the rock. It was SO COOL. They fall in love. She’s his aunt."
A: from the seattle ring
J: "They fall in love. She's his aunt"
A: although I guess she isn't really
J: oh good I thought I was remembering wrong
A: in that sieglinde and brunnhilde have different mothers
A: is that still an aunt?
A: or is that like first cousin once removed?
J: well, your parents cousins' children are your first cousins once removed
A: hm
A: I think the rules breakdown somewhat when there is incest and multiple wives involved
A: Brunnhilde is like a half-sister to both Sieglinde and Siegmund
A: so maybe she is a 'half-aunt'
J: huh makes sense
A: seems like a legitimate term
A: per google
A: it's only a 1/8 blood relationship as opposed to a 1/4 blood relationship
A: that's totally not as gross
J: it is less gross
A: dang
A: the idea of doing it with my aunt just popped into my head
J: eww
A: gah
A: ok
A: gone
she's more, though, isn't she?
ReplyDeletebecause Siegfried's parents are twins, so Brunnhilde is actually 1/2 related to Siegfried if only because she's half-sister to BOTH Sieglinde and Siegmund.
It just got gross again.
Whoa...the genealogy is blowing my mind. I don't know if that's the same as 1/2 though...maybe 1/6? 11/24ths?
ReplyDeleteyeah, it's not the same as 1/2, i just realized this as I posted.
ReplyDeletei tried to figure it out according to the linked genealogy tables...
but then i realized that it might be taken the wrong way if i was discovered at work drawing/filling in tables for incest blood relations...
still. i didn't quite realize how *messed up* the whole geneology was until now... blech.
I thought your parents' cousins' children are your second cousins. Your parents' cousins are your first cousins once removed (one generation removed). Not that it matters.
ReplyDeleteI became obsessed with this 30 years ago when watching "I, Claudius." The Caesars were certainly a geneological cluster-fuck.